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Oooo the Millienial speech is now on. Young dorks spotted!
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First teleprompter zinger, while reading from a teleprompter. And first Obama plays too much golf. Sorry for spamming the thread here, but this poo poo is funny.
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Feb 26, 2015 15:27
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Radbot posted:All hail Pontiff Obama. I'd
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Feb 26, 2015 15:30
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This might be a really dumb question, but what ostensibly is the point of some of these panels? What is the audience supposed to get out of it? (I know in practice they just get to see people they already agree with say things they already agree with.) What are the speakers supposed to get out of it? This is the first time I've followed CPAC closely at all, and I thought a lot of these panels were things like helpful tips for organizing, etc. But these seem like a lot of career campaign managers speaking blandly about really bland things, so why does anybody do it?
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Feb 26, 2015 15:36
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I'm digging the 1950's sci-fi sound effects going on here with Mia Love.
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Feb 26, 2015 15:40
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The audience gets to think they're part of the elite and participating in the process of shaping policy initiatives or whatever, and the speakers and organizers get money. e: oh and also I guess they probably further indoctrinate themselves and then go home to wherever and take over the school board
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 Cognac McCarthy posted:This might be a really dumb question, but what ostensibly is the point of some of these panels? What is the audience supposed to get out of it? (I know in practice they just get to see people they already agree with say things they already agree with.) What are the speakers supposed to get out of it? This is the first time I've followed CPAC closely at all, and I thought a lot of these panels were things like helpful tips for organizing, etc. But these seem like a lot of career campaign managers speaking blandly about really bland things, so why does anybody do it? It's a self reaffirming echo chamber.
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Feb 26, 2015 15:45
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zoux posted:
I get that, but what do these people think they're doing? Is there even any other pretense that this is anything but an echo chamber?
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Feb 26, 2015 15:46
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5 hours a day playing video games? What would our forefathers think?! 
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Feb 26, 2015 15:47
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Cognac McCarthy posted:I get that, but what do these people think they're doing? Is there even any other pretense that this is anything but an echo chamber?
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Feb 26, 2015 15:48
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Cognac McCarthy posted:I get that, but what do these people think they're doing? Is there even any other pretense that this is anything but an echo chamber? Oh I don't think they think about what they are doing much at all, like any reactionary.
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Feb 26, 2015 15:48
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Republican youth organizer: Kids these days are lazy and don't know how to work hard.
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Feb 26, 2015 15:48
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"Big Government Sucks" is the new young idea. I wish I was joking.
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Feb 26, 2015 15:49
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Cognac McCarthy posted:Republican youth organizer: Kids these days are lazy and don't know how to work hard. That was a US senator... who apparently thinks that Tetris is the hot game that kids are in too
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Feb 26, 2015 15:49
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Reagan was a paranoid idiot who thought we would lose all freedom in one generation I agree.
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Feb 26, 2015 15:53
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Which lies did they advance on the national stage you coward?
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Feb 26, 2015 15:56
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Christ, they're DDOSing their own website. I can't get to the agenda page.
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Feb 26, 2015 15:57
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You are not Martin Luther King Jr. 
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Feb 26, 2015 15:58
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zoux posted:
One of the most conservative people I ever met, this young woman working in a pizza place with parents working for the federal government, had the most bumper stickers I have ever seen on the back of the car. Everything from Twilight to Ayn Rand Romney and Ron Paul had appearances. Too many bumper stickers.
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Feb 26, 2015 15:58
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@simonmaloy is the guy to follow for CPAC jokes.
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Feb 26, 2015 15:59
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Some day they'll get the sound working right.
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Feb 26, 2015 16:00
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Oh great, Common Core griping. "Heh look at this bizarre math question."
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Feb 26, 2015 16:10
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There was actually a genuinely good panel last year on, of all things, prison reform. Most folks participating believed it to be a huge waste of money and in dire need of reform/shorter sentences. Even Rick Perry. The rest of it was crazy, but that was good. I'm probably going to miss Saturday's stuff until the night. Is CPAC poo poo going on now? Where do I watch it?!
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dorkasaurus_rex posted:There was actually a genuinely good panel last year on, of all things, prison reform. Most folks participating believed it to be a huge waste of money and in dire need of reform/shorter sentences. Even Rick Perry. http://www.c-span.org/video/?324557-1/2015-conservative-political-action-conference&live
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Feb 26, 2015 16:17
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FYI: Jeb Bush supports Common Core
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Feb 26, 2015 16:21
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They just called out the Chamber of Commerce for supporting common core, that was weird.
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Nope, sorry-- 
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Feb 26, 2015 16:22
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dorkasaurus_rex posted:There was actually a genuinely good panel last year on, of all things, prison reform. Most folks participating believed it to be a huge waste of money and in dire need of reform/shorter sentences. Even Rick Perry. I'm guessing their idea of reform was/is privatization of prisons? 
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richardfun posted:I'm guessing their idea of reform was/is privatization of prisons? I know you're really cynical and jaded and all, but no: http://www.thenation.com/blog/178746/rick-perry-cpac-panel-criminal-justice-shut-prisons-down-save-money Seriously, it's a good panel. Watch it.
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Peztopiary posted:Some day they'll get the sound working right. I hope they got the sound guy from a couple of CPACs ago who didn't give a gently caress and played songs with expletives in them for CSPAN to rebroadcast.
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Feb 26, 2015 16:34
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 This fuckin' guy.
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Raskolnikov38 posted:I hope they got the sound guy from a couple of CPACs ago who didn't give a gently caress and played songs with expletives in them for CSPAN to rebroadcast. Yup! played Mumford and Sons "Little Lion Man" quote:But it was not your fault but mine
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dorkasaurus_rex posted:I know you're really cynical and jaded and all, but no: "Shut Prisons Down, save that money." But execute often and regularly 
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CommieGIR posted:"Shut Prisons Down, save that money." And we'll be that much closer to "The Running Man"!
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Feb 26, 2015 16:37
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so what's carson's whole deal? i think he 's been encouraged to run for a while via social contact with back-of-the-house political types so he's trying to capitalize on an opportunity where he can, or maybe he even believes he can do some good in office. but he just comes off as so stiff and naive
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Feb 26, 2015 16:40
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Feb 26, 2015 16:41
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Next panel: conservative replacement for Obamacare. Already heard: "Obamacare is the LIE of the land"
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Feb 26, 2015 16:43
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"Obamacare is more fraught with lies and treachery than the ink with which it was written." Uhhh, what's this lady's problem with ink?
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"more than a few alternatives" lmao
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